27Synonyms found for department

Word Origin & History

department mid-15c., "a going away, act of leaving," from O.Fr. département (12c.), from L.L. departire (see depart). French department meant "group of people" (as well as "departure"), from which English borrowed the sense of "separate division, separate business assigned to someone in a larger organization" (c.1735). Meaning "separate division of a government" is from 1769. As an administrative district in France, from 1792.

Example Sentences for department

Often you hear central administrators note that the hardest job in the university is that of department head.

The department cannot even hold on to the recruits it does manage to find.

Place the fire department at the far outskirts of town.

The garden department told me there was some basil in the test garden that had flowered and need to be snipped.

Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it.

These two deciduous trees are standouts in the berry department.

Department of archaeology and prehistory, university of sheffield.

The economy of the department was long dependent on mining, primarily the coal mines.

Its marketing department is regarded by industry as second to none.

The public comment deadline for the decision ends today, and the department is expected to make a decision in the coming weeks.